Vehicles that can transport other burners are (or at least used to be) encouraged, by the DMV. This is probably why Buses tend to get an easier permit...Ive found the best way to get a ride on a mutant vehicle is to injure yourself. Unfortunately for a former camp mate, she was injured by our MV.

I was able to ride on two cars this last Burn. Had a great time on each. One stopped for me as I walked across the playa, which was a very nice surprise. The other I just climbed aboard as they had a screaming match with a bunch of Death Guild vehicles. (great acting).

The disappointment was walking up to a car to which I donated money on Kickstarter, and being treated poorly and basically shooed away. I had a resentment for about 5 minutes...then remembered where I was and went off and had fun anyways.

bluesbob wrote:I was able to ride on two cars this last Burn. Had a great time on each. One stopped for me as I walked across the playa, which was a very nice surprise. The other I just climbed aboard as they had a screaming match with a bunch of Death Guild vehicles. (great acting).

The disappointment was walking up to a car to which I donated money on Kickstarter, and being treated poorly and basically shooed away. I had a resentment for about 5 minutes...then remembered where I was and went off and had fun anyways.

Yeah, that might be an unhappy moment for me too, so, I have resisted the MV appeals on Kickstarter, sadly.

bluesbob wrote:I was able to ride on two cars this last Burn. Had a great time on each. One stopped for me as I walked across the playa, which was a very nice surprise. The other I just climbed aboard as they had a screaming match with a bunch of Death Guild vehicles. (great acting).

The disappointment was walking up to a car to which I donated money on Kickstarter, and being treated poorly and basically shooed away. I had a resentment for about 5 minutes...then remembered where I was and went off and had fun anyways.

Yeah, that might be an unhappy moment for me too, so, I have resisted the MV appeals on Kickstarter, sadly.

ESPECIALLY CHARLIE THE FUCKING UNICORN!

FREE THE SHERPASBurners with torches is right and natural and just.-fishy.CATCH AND RELEASE.

How is Burning man, the community and the people, THE optimal way to live.

i dont know if you could classify anything as optimal without throwing out the potential for evolution.

as previously stated, the ten principles are a pretty simple, straightforward, non-denominational, reasonable thoughtful manner in which to conduct oneself.

By practicing this self-reliance you then also become part of a large whole that is radically inter-dependent...you need others and you need to cooperate in order to overcome the harsh conditions and strenuous nature of the Black Rock Desert and the week long sleep deprivation that will stretch your limits of what you think you can do.

i think it brings out the best in people, in many ways, Creatively, Emotionally, Spiritually and other ways and we would need threads just to explain how it does this, we know it just does. I think i can speak with authority when i say there isn't one of us out there/in here who hasn't stopped, looked around and maybe even wistfully proclaimed out loud "Why Can't it ALWAYS be like this?"

i ask myself this question alot.

Every day i wonder why the best in people isn't bubbling, percolating like really fresh campfire coffee that you can smell for 100 yards. Its grabbing you and shaking you into being when you wake up, and you are actually looking forward to the day.

why don't we say hello to people we don't know?

why are people always so angry?

what's the Rush? are you late to a job you hate?

how do we make this self sustaining is the 6 million dollars to buy out the Org Question, how do we introduce via the regionals and other means such as BWB BRAF etc etc this way of doing things?

"burning shit and blowing stuff up" really is just a state of mind, one that is embraced and encouraged in the tabla rasa of the dust, but should not be limited to that location or time frame in which it occurs physically.

i burn shit every day, and at least once during the day, something that i have learned at burning man affects the way i interact with the rest of the world.

so back to optimal...no, i think we are learning all the time, and i also think burners learn more and are open to new knowledge because of their experience on the playa, more so than the "norm".

is it the best i've found so far?

yes...thats why i keep dragging my dust from wherever i am to Black Rock City every goddamn year, because for one week, it is like it is supposed to be.

When she read it to me yesterday, I have to admit a little tear swelled to hear her speak knowledgeably of something so dear to me.

I asked if I could post it in here, and she said SURE!

Any of you read french????? lmao

As it turns out she didn't quote anyone.... except Rousseau and Machiavel... but read every word in here with interest, and used them to better understand the whole thing. I think she captured it quite well!!!